Buildings - Landmarks & Monuments
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Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design
$49.95 Read moreFinalist for the UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes’ J.B. Jackson Book Prize
Empty Pedestals uses a design perspective to explore how monuments to the Confederacy sp
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title- Series: Reading the American Landscape
- Author: Boone, Kofi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0807181560
- Language: English
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100 Iconic Buildings to See Before You Die: Explore the World’s Most Amazing Architecture
$35.00 Read moreTake a tour of the world’s most talked about architectural wonders.
This is your passport to 100 places designed to impress – think Italy’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal, Australia’s Sydney Opera House- Author: Dk Travel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217305599
- Language: English
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A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World
$24.95 Add to cartA unique illustrated exploration of our favorite oceanic beacons and their haunted histories.
There is something beautiful and wild in the impossible architecture of lighthouses. These precariously pe- Author: González MacÃas, José Luis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1797227475
- Language: English
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Buildings That Changed History
$35.00 Add to cartExplore the world’s most fascinating historical and contemporary buildings, from ancient pyramids to high-tech skyscrapers, in this essential guide to architecture.
Buildings That Changed History giv- Series: DK History Changers
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0593966767
- Language: English
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Portal: San Francisco’s Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities
$19.99 Add to cartConceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco’s portal to the world–the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films an
- Author: King, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105232
- Language: English
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Christmas at Highclere: Recipes and Traditions from the Real Downton Abbey
$55.99 Add to cartHighclere Castle, known as “the real Downton Abbey,” bustles with activity all year round, but it is never more alive than at Christmas. This book is a look behind the scenes at the routines and ritua… [more below]
- Author: The Countess of Carnarvon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: October 25 2019
- ISBN10: 1848095228
- Language: English
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In the Founders’ Footsteps: Landmarks of the American Revolution
$38.00 Read more“Beautifully alive.”–Wall Street Journal
A tour through the original thirteen colonies in search of historical sites and t
Winner of the 2022 Distinguished Book Award from The Society of Colonial Wars- Author: Doren, Adam Van
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1567926622
- Language: English
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Black and White – Updated: The Singapore House 1898-1941
$30.00 Read moreNew UPDATED EDITION 2022
The unique Black and White house in Singapore is the most distinctive and imposing of the island’s colonial architectural legacy. Surviving examples are testament to their phys
- Author: Davison, Julian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9810903286
- Language: English
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Aia Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC
$34.95 Add to cart“The model of what a concise, attractive guidebook should be.”–Mid-Atlantic Country
This lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados insights into nearly 450
- Author: Moeller, G. Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1421443856
- Language: English
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Bygone Attractions of Chittenden County
$24.99 Add to cartThis book is a visual history of the many recreational amenities that sprang up in Chittenden County, Vermont starting with the dawn of the car culture in the 1930s. It spans five decades of snack bar
- Author: Blanchard, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1957184442
- Language: English
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New Heights: Transforming Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle
$40.00 Read more– A beautifully presented narrative detailing the enthralling process of renovation the Space Needle, the first tower in the world to boast a revolving restaurant, and a structure that changed notions
- Author: Kundig, Olson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 03, 2024
- ISBN10: 1864709707
- Language: English
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The Everyday Life of Memorials
$37.00 Read moreA timely study, erudite and exciting, about the ordinary–and oftentimes unseen–lives of memorials
Memorials are commonly studied as part of the commemorative infrastructure of modern society. Just a- Author: Shanken, Andrew M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1942130724
- Language: English
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Castles: Their Construction and History
$14.95 Add to cartConcise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, and many other features. Caernarvon Castle, Dover Castle, … [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Architecture
- Author: Toy, Sidney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 241
- Publish Date: December 01 1985
- ISBN10: 0486248984
- Language: English
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Modern Architecture: Buildings That Shaped the World
$29.95 Add to cartExplore over 500 masterpieces of modern architecture in this celebration of the most iconic buildings in the world.
Written by acclaimed architecture expert Jonathan Glancey, Modern Architecture is a- Author: Glancey, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1802791019
- Language: English
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Capitol America: A Photographic Portrait of the Fifty State Capitols
$60.00 Read moreMaster photographers Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein have created an unprecedented photographic portrait of all 50 US state capitol buildings, exploring architecture, interior spaces, furnishings, l… [more below]
- Author: Lisak, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2023
- ISBN10: 764366769
- Language: English
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The Eiffel Tower
$40.00 Add to cart“The Tower is also present to the entire world… a universal symbol of Paris… from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn’t made, somehow, in the Tower’s name.”
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 3836584417
- Language: English
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Palm Springs: A Modernist Paradise
$80.00 Add to cartPaying homage to the seminal mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs, this luxurious book showcases historic jet-set homes designed by legendary talents such as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey, an… [more below]
- Author: Street-Porter, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0847861872
- Language: English
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Memphis Then and Now(r)
$19.95 Read moreUsing archive photos matched with the same viewpoint today, Memphis Then and Now charts 150 years of Memphis history.
Born as a planned community that was partly owned by Andrew Jackson, Memphis grew o
- Series: Then and Now(r)
- Author: Johnson, Russell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 191121697X
- Language: English
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City of Immortals: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
$24.95 Read moreThis first-person account of a legendary necropolis will delight Francophiles, tourists and armchair travelers, while enriching the experience of taphophiles (cemetery lovers) and aficionados of art a… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 194353229X
- Language: English
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Lodge: An Indoorsy Tour of America’s National Parks
$40.00 Add to cart“LODGE is a beautiful reminder to go somewhere rustic with spotty wifi once in a while.”–Barbara Corcoran, Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, Business Unusual Podcast Host, and Founder of The Corcoran Group
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- Author: Humphrey, Max
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1423661346
- Language: English
